YouTube Gets a Day's Worth of Video Every Minute

In May 2009, YouTube challenged users to increase that to an entire day's worth of footage, and the time has come: YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours of video are uploaded to the site every single minute.

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Just how much footage is on YouTube? In May 2009, the Google-owned site announced that its users uploaded 20 hours of video to the site every minute. Back then, YouTube challenged users to increase that to an entire day's worth of footage, and the time has come: YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours of video are uploaded to the site every single minute.

"A day's worth of content uploaded to YouTube every minute is a big achievement for our community and speaks to the role video plays in connecting and changing the world one upload at a time," YouTube wrote in a blog post. "So what's next? 30 hours? 36 hours?"

I guess that's up to you, so get cracking on those Lady Gaga fan videos and shots of your pets playing musical instruments.

Chloe Albanesius has been with PCMag.com since April 2007, most recently as Executive Editor for News and Features. Prior to that, she worked for a year covering financial IT on Wall Street for Incisive Media. From 2002 to 2005, Chloe covered technology policy for The National Journal's Technology Daily in Washington, DC. She has held internships at NBC's Meet the Press, washingtonpost.com, the Tate Gallery press office in London, Roll Call, and Congressional Quarterly. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from American University...
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